Zepanda66:

 

I think microsoft probably overreacted pulling the update. They should have surveyed how big the problem was. It seems they pulled it because of the noise the apparent issue was making on social media which by all accounts shouldn't really be taken seriously unless they did receive actual complaints about files being deleted. 

 

No, they needed to pull it. Even if it only affected 1%, that is still millions of people.

It sounds like @MikeB4 was lucky that he could retrieve from the OneDrive bin. From what I have read, for many users, the files are just gone and Microsoft are recommending those effected use their PCs as little as possible and to contact MS for them to retrieve the files. That sounds like they might just be using a file recovery tool and want people to not use the PC so as to minimize the chance of the deleted files being overwritten.

Most of us on Geekzone are well covered with backups, but I can assure you that the majority of home users aren't.